
Identify who should know small engine diagnostics (technicians, do-it-yourselfers, farmers, and businesses) and why it matters: informed decisions over parts swapping save time and money while advancing your career.
Explore engine theory for small gas engines, covering four- and two-stroke operation and common devices like chainsaws and lawn equipment, to build diagnostic confidence.
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four-stroke engines burn no oil, use oil in a sump with a pump, are heavier and run at lower rpm; two-stroke engines mix gas and oil, run in any orientation.
Define stroke as the crank shaft and piston movement between top dead center and bottom dead center. Learn how one stroke travels from top to bottom and back.
Learn how an engine acts as an air pump, boosting air and fuel flow with superchargers, turbochargers, and nitrous oxide, and how compression release valves aid starting.
Explore why manufacturers phase out two-stroke engines, highlighting risks from incorrect fuel mixtures or oil types, exhaust sparks, and EPA standards pushing leaner fuel-to-oil ratios with catalytic converters, raising costs.
Navigate a step-by-step diagnostic flowchart for starting small engines, covering safety, visual checks, fuel and ignition procedures, and four cycle and two cycle starting issues.
Prioritize safety and follow a logical order, checking everything twice with the service manual as reference. Laminate a flowchart to guide engine diagnostics by mastering basics.
You know Small Engines are used in all sorts of small equipment from Lawn mowers to chainsaws even go carts and motorcycles . They are fast and powerful and easy to maintain until something goes wrong. That's were this course comes in. Here I'll teach you how to diagnose any small gas engine with confidence. It's really not that difficult once you learn how.
With easy step by step instructions I'll teach you how you can prevent wasted time and money by pinpointing the problem quickly and easily.
We will start out with some basic engine theory to build a picture in your mind of what's going on inside of an engine. Then we'll discuss the needs of an engine. and how other attached devices effect the engines ability to run properly. Finally we will go through the actual diagnostic procedures in a flow chart pattern to ensure the correct things are checked in the correct order to eliminate missing an issue or getting caught up in a loop.
Whether you are a do it yourselfer just looking to save some money by diagnosing your own equipment, or a full fledged technician looking to improve their skillset in diagnostics this course is for you.
So Welcome to the Small Engine Diagnostics course and come on in so we can get started.